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apptainer pull — Pull container images from remote sources. See also: `apptainer-push`. More information: <https://ap

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Problem

How to use the apptainer pull command: Pull container images from remote sources. See also: apptainer-push. More information: <https://apptainer.org/docs/user/main/cli/apptainer_pull.html>.

Solution

apptainer pull — Pull container images from remote sources. See also: apptainer-push. More information: <https://apptainer.org/docs/user/main/cli/apptainer_pull.html>.

Pull a container from Docker Hub:

apptainer pull {{path/to/image.sif}} docker://{{image}}:{{tag}}

Pull a container from the Container Library:

apptainer pull {{path/to/image.sif}} library://{{user/collection/container}}:{{tag}}

Pull a container from an OCI registry:

apptainer pull {{path/to/image.sif}} oras://{{registry/namespace/image}}:{{tag}}

Pull a container for a specific architecture:

apptainer pull --arch {{amd64|arm64|ppc64le}} {{path/to/image.sif}} library://{{image}}:{{tag}}

Force overwrite an existing image file:

apptainer pull {{[-F|--force]}} {{path/to/image.sif}} docker://{{image}}:{{tag}}

Pull a container as a writable sandbox directory:

apptainer pull --sandbox {{path/to/directory}} docker://{{image}}:{{tag}}

Pull a container without using the cache:

apptainer pull --disable-cache {{path/to/image.sif}} docker://{{image}}:{{tag}}

Display help:

apptainer pull {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Pull a container from Docker Hub

apptainer pull {{path/to/image.sif}} docker://{{image}}:{{tag}}

Pull a container from the Container Library

apptainer pull {{path/to/image.sif}} library://{{user/collection/container}}:{{tag}}

Pull a container from an OCI registry

apptainer pull {{path/to/image.sif}} oras://{{registry/namespace/image}}:{{tag}}

Pull a container for a specific architecture

apptainer pull --arch {{amd64|arm64|ppc64le}} {{path/to/image.sif}} library://{{image}}:{{tag}}

Force overwrite an existing image file

apptainer pull {{[-F|--force]}} {{path/to/image.sif}} docker://{{image}}:{{tag}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/apptainer pull

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